miúdo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I diminish”). Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miˈuðʊ]

Adjective

miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)

1. small

   Synonym: pequeno

   • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:

     Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.

     Item, thrushes and blackbirds, each one a crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and aguanetas [?], four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, one crown.

2. smallish

   Synonym: pequeneiro

Related terms

• a miúdo
• miudanza
• miudeza
• polo miúdo

Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)

1. (usually in the plural) child

   Synonyms: meniño, rapaz

2. (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal (food)

   Synonym: miudanza

Adverb

miúdo

1. lightly

   Antonyms: forte, gordo

   "Chove forte?" "Chove miúdo!" ― "Is it raining hard?" "No, it rains lightly!"

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “miudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “miud”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “miudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “miúdo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “miúdo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈu.du/ [mɪˈu.du], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈu.du/ [mɪˈu.du], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈu.do/ [mɪˈu.do], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmju.du/ [ˈmju.ðu]

• Hyphenation: mi‧ú‧do

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo, from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“to diminish”). Doublet of menu and minuto.

Adjective

miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)

1. very small

   Synonyms: pequeno, minúsculo, diminuto

   Antonyms: grande, graúdo, crescido

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)

1. (Portugal, Rio Grande do Sul) child

   Synonyms: criança, pequeno, rapaz, piá

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos)

1. (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

Related terms

• amiudado
• amiudar
• miuçalha
• miudagem
• miudalha
• miudamente
• miudar
• miúdas
• miúde
• miudear
• miudeiro
• miudeza
• miudezas

Etymology 2

Verb

miúdo

1. first-person singular present indicative of miudar